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Lives of Titian fifa and a Preface to aGiorgio Vasari, Pietro Aretino, Ludovico Dolce, Francesco Priscianese, and Sperone Speroni Biographical accounts by several of Titians contemporaries, including Giorgio Vasari and Pietro Aretino, trace the fascinating and prolific life of this master of the Italian Renaissance. As the most important member of the sixteenth century Venetian school, Titian (ca. 14881576) reached a level of professional success rivaled only by Raphael, Michelangelo, and,